Parker St. John

Revenge is a risky business… but nothing is more dangerous than love.
Meet Matt... a character that is as "prickly as a porcupine". He holds himself far apart, afraid of letting anyone "in" too close, or allowing them to know the "real" him. He's an emotionally wounded man with a "take nothing" attitude.

Then we have Reese who doesn’t allow Matt to get away with hiding anything, and he sees and understands a lot about Matt. What they have both had to live through and how they have avoided show more their emotions has totally been what has shaped them. Their individual pains will break your heart...and you will really hate Matt’s father. What a horrible person...but his character helps us to understand and sympathize that much more with Matt.

Reece tells him, “You’re a bomb waiting to go off....and I’ve been caught in too many blasts already...” part of Recess's charm is that he is always honest with Matt, and he's not at all wrong. I liked how Matt and Reese sniped at and teased one another. They were not only entertaining, but you could see that there is also loads of sexual tension sparking between the two of them. “Just let go...I’ve got you.” That statement proceeds a very intense office scene. These two light up every scene whenever they’re close together. It’s a bit like a wildfire. My favorite parts of the book were every time that they made each other laugh. Neither man had ever had much to laugh about and now they finally did.

The story is filled with suspense, sarcasm and two very lovable characters. You won't be able to resist falling hard for the men of the Cabrini Law Firm. The people at the firm are a wonderful "family" with extremely strong bonds. I am looking forward to revisiting with them and learning more about each of them. The next book in the series is Looking at You, Travis and Miguel's story. This is yet another fantastic series.

Risk Assessment: Elliott & Lucus's story, is Book #1 and Murder Aforethought: Valentine's and Maksim's story, is book #2 The characters do overlap and visit and work with one another in each book...but if you aren't a "must be read in order" person...they can easily be read in any order without causing too much emotional trauma. show less

4.5

I’m a little tempted to round it up, because this was just so lovely and heart-meltingly romantic, and there was such a beautiful human-and-horse bond here that it just about brought tears to my eyes!

Tucker started out as a bully and an asshole — I admit I didn’t remember him from book 1, until Cal helpfully popped up and provided an explanation — but his behavior was somewhat erratic, and considering his past friendship with Nate, I knew there was more to him than met the eye… show more I was right, and the explanation broke my little heart. show less

St John's Risk Assessment makes an impressive start to the Cabrini Law series. A superb mix of characters to love and hate, and of emotions that make you cringe with their honesty and brutality.

ARC provided by the author.

While contemporary romance has never been my go-to genre, I enjoy it every once in a while. This was a recommendation from one of my new friends — thank you! — and a welcome break from my usual fare of fantasy and historical novels.

Down Low was a really good second-chance romance, angsty and sexy in all the right places. The writing was solid. I liked the little flashbacks at the beginning of each chapter, but it’s a shame the whole story was told from Cal’s POV. I wouldn’t mind show more knowing some of Eli’s thoughts, but then again, that probably would have clashed with that ‘strong and silent’ vibe he had going on!

The chemistry between Cal and Eli was downright explosive. show less